June Kirby
June Kirby | |
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Born | June Shirley Kirby January 5, 1928 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1951–1984 |
Spouse(s) | Roy Whitlock Bob Przybysz |
June Shirley Kirby (born January 5, 1928[1]) is an American actress[2][3] and model,[4] who spent most of her career as a wardrobe mistress in Hollywood productions' costume departments.[5] She was a showgirl at The Diamond Horseshoe[6] in the late forties and was spotted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer which offered her a couple of film parts as a Goldwyn Girl[7][8][9] such as in Vincente Minnelli's Kismet (1955) or Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Guys and Dolls (1955)[10] featured opposite Marlon Brando,[11] Larri Thomas and Pat Sheehan.[12][13] Kirby also performed on Broadway in As the Girls Go (1948-1950),[14] and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.[15]
Filmography[]
Actress[]
Year | Title | Director | Role | Notes |
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1955 | Kismet | Vincente Minnelli | Harem lady - Goldwyn Girl | |
1955 | Guys and Dolls | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | The Hot Box Girls number | The number included Kirby, Pat Sheehan and Larri Thomas. |
1955 | The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre | Eddie Davis | - | Season 1, Episode 26: What Do You Want in a Show. |
1957 | Highway Patrol | Eddie Davis | Barbara Franklin | Season 2, Episode 18: Statute of Limitations. |
1957 | The Garment Jungle | Vincent Sherman & Robert Aldrich. | The model | |
1957 | Silk Stockings | Rouben Mamoulian | Model | |
1958 | The Last Hurrah | John Ford | Model | |
1960 | Bells Are Ringing | Vincente Minnelli | Party Guest |
Costume Designer[]
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1954 | The Diamond | Dennis O'Keefe & Montgomery Tully | |
1955 - 1956 | Fabian of the Yard | Charles Saunders | 5 episodes: - The Masterpiece - Cocktail Girl - The Ribbon Trap - The Sixth Dagger - The Lover's Knot |
1962 | Lunch Hour | James Hill | |
1972 | T.S. Lyndon-Haynes & John Reeve |
Wardrobe Department[]
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Year | Title | Director | Head of Costume | Notes |
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1956 | Don Chaffey | 10 episodes: - The Smugglers - The Frightened Angels - The Door of Gold - The Thief - Lady Killer - The Gun Runners - Secret Enemy - The Magenta Box - The Amazon Bandit - The Bomb | ||
1971 | On the Buses | Harry Booth | Rosemary Burrows | |
1983 | The Keep | Michael Mann | Anthony Mendleson | |
1984 | Supergirl | Jeannot Szwarc | Emma Porteous |
Special Effects[]
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1982 | The Dark Crystal | Jim Henson & Frank Oz | Creatures fabricator for the Mystic Unit |
Dance[]
In 1936, Kirby was a member of a dance troupe that performed "under the auspices of the Federal Theatre Project."[16]
Modeling[]
Kirby also worked as a model. In 1946, she was named "posture queen of America" by the National Chiropractic Association.[17] She was in Famous Models Magazine dated June 1950.[18]
Private life[]
Kirby dated men such as Mickey Rooney.[19] She married Roy B. Whitlock on August 20, 1960, and they had a daughter named Shawn. Whitlock died on December 23, 1984. She married Bob Przybysz. As of 2021, Kirby is retired and living in Aiken, South Carolina.
References[]
- ^ "June Kirby - The Private Life and Times of June Kirby. June Kirby Pictures". www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
- ^ Koper, Richard (2010-03-31). Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens. BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-521-4.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2007: F-L. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.
- ^ Pageant. Good Earth Corporation. 1955.
- ^ Clemens, Samuel (2020-05-22). Pat: A Biography of Hollywood's Blonde Starlet. Sequoia Press. ISBN 978-0-578-68282-2.
- ^ Monahan, Patrick (2014-01-24). "The Diamond Horseshoe, the World War II-Era Nightclub Resurrected by Randy Weiner and Simon Hammerstein". Vanity Fair Blogs. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ "Stars Find World Tour Broadening". Kingsport, Tennessee. Kingsport News. July 7, 1956. p. 2. Retrieved November 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Marill, Alvin H. (1976). Samuel Goldwyn Presents. A. S. Barnes. ISBN 978-0-498-01658-5.
- ^ Cinéma (in French). Fédération française des ciné-clubs. 1985.
- ^ Kurtti, Jeff (1996). The Great Hollywood Musical Trivia Book. New York: Applause Books. p. 41. ISBN 1-55783-222-6.
- ^ Guérif, François (1977). Marlon Brando (in French). PAC. ISBN 978-2-85336-108-8.
- ^ Perone, James E. (2005). Woodstock: An Encyclopedia of the Music and Art Fair. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33057-5.
- ^ Cahiers Du Cinema in English. Cahiers Publishing. 1966.
- ^ "June Kirby". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ Kilgallen, Dorothy (August 11, 1951). "Voice of Broadway". Pennsylvania, Franklin. The News-Herald. p. 4. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dancers Benefit by WPA Projects". California, San Bernardino. The San Bernardino County Sun. January 23, 1936. p. 10. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "(photo caption)". Texas, Corsicana. Corsicana Daily Sun. October 26, 1946. p. 9. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1950). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
- ^ Lait, Jack (April 1, 1952). "Broadway and Elsewhere". Pennsylvania, Stroudsburg. The Pocono Record. p. 16. Retrieved January 11, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[]
- June Kirby at IMDb
- June Kirby at the Internet Broadway Database
- American film actresses
- Living people
- American musical theatre actresses
- 21st-century American women
- 1928 births